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KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) – by Bienvenu-Marie BAKUMANYA The UN rights chief on Thursday said DR Congo had used “excessive force” during deadly clashes with demonstrators in the capital and called on Kinshasa to reach out to the opposition to avert a “large-scale crisis” “The authorities need to pull back from their extremely confrontational position and build bridges with the opposition,” Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in a statement issued in Geneva in the wake of […]
ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) – by Karam al-Masri with Maya Gebeily in Beirut Huge blazes erupted in Syria’s Aleppo as the city was rocked by fighting and air strikes Thursday, ahead of last-ditch efforts by world powers to salvage a failed ceasefire. Key players in the Syrian peace process were to meet in New York later Thursday, with the clock ticking down as the UN warned undelivered aid for desperate civilians in Aleppo would expire in […]
(Eagle News)– The Royal Norwegian Embassy on Thursday (September 22) announced Kjartan Sekkingstad had already left the Philippines and returned to Norway after days of medical treatment. “Mr. Sekkingstad has undergone medical examinations and has been well taken care of both in Manila and Davao. He has also been properly debriefed by relevant authorities in order to provide information that can aid in the rescue of other captives,” Ambassador Erik Forner said. Forner said Sekkingstad […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre admitted that the probe of the House Committee on Justice on the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison have not yet reached 50%. Aguirre said that in the two-day hearing, the inquiry have only reached 45%. Aguirre revealed that the Department of Justice has sent emissaries to Jaybee Sebastian, the highest leader of druglords in the NBP for the possibility of Sebastian being a witness […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday (September 22) invited the United Nations and the European Union to the Philippines to conduct their own investigations on drug killings in the country. “I am inviting Ban Ki, EU – send their best lawyers, pati rapporteurs, to come to the Philippines for an investigation,” Duterte said in a speech during a power plant inauguration in Misamis Oriental. “After they conduct their investigation, I will ask them back […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to the Philippine National Police, there is still no formal letter from Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre in connection with the latter’s request to extend by three months the appointment of PNP Special Action Forces in the New Bilibid Prison. The PNP said that it is carefully considering Secretary Aguirre’s request and that the PNP is willing to help the Department of Justice in suppressing the illegal drug trade. https://youtu.be/6m-Nt8C_cFE
QUEZON City, Philippines – In his visit to the soldiers of the Ninth Infantry Division of the Philippine Army in Camarines Sur, President Rodrigo Duterte said that the third “narco-list” contains the name of 40 judges as well as many Chinese nationals. The list was verified by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is currently monitoring a new storm that is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday, September 24. At 10:00 am today, the tropical depression was forecast at 2,035 east of Mindanao. Although there is still no effect in the country, the weather disturbance brings with it scattered rainshowers. If the tropical depression enters the country on Saturday […]
(Eagle News)– Officials of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has apologized to Senate justice committee and human rights as their officials and witnesses failed to attend the Thursday (September 22) Senate hearing on drug killings. Chairman of the committee Senator Richard Gordon read CHR commissioner Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana’s letter of apology for their absence, saying they learned late of the resumption of the hearing. “We will not be able to attend tomorrow’s hearing because of the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The House of Representatives Committee on Justice once again defended the speedy grant of immunity to convicted Bilibid inmates. According to Deputy House Speaker Fredenil Castro, there is an urgent need to give immunity to the convicted Bilibid inmates in order for the hearing to proceed. The hearing will not proceed without the immunity as the resource persons will not speak if their statements can be used against them in a […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Confident that the Sangguniang Kabataan and barangay elections will be postponed this year, the Commission on Elections post the schedule for the resumption of voters’ registration. The resumption of the voters’ registration will start on October 3 and will last until April 29, 2017. COMELEC is expecting an additional five million voters in the seven-month registration period.
QUEZON City, Philippines – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV supported the resolution filed by Senator Leila De Lima regarding the invitation of special United Nations rapporteur to look into the alleged extra-judicial killings in the Philippines. Under Senate Resolution 153, Senator De Lima asked the Department of Foreign Affairs to invite UN special rapporteurs to investigate the alleged extra-judicial killings and summary executions. Senator Trillanes said that an independent and internationally organization should look into the […]
